Weekly JLI Video: The Paradigm of the Righteous
JLI presents its unique one-minute video featuring a powerful and relevant message from the weekly Parsha. This week’s video for Parshas Vayechi is titled: The Paradigm of the Righteous.
From Days Gone By: Golan Heights, 1975
Reb Mendel Itkin, OBM, whose Shloshim is being marked tonight, cheers up Israeli soldiers defending the Golan Heights on Purim, 1975, a little over a year after it was heroically recaptured from Syrian forces during the Yom Kippur War.
Baby Boy!
Mendy and Esty Prus (Crown Heights)
Video: Tzoma Lecho Nafshi at IDF Hero’s Funeral
At the funeral today of Erez Orbach, HYD, one of the IDF soldiers killed in Sunday’s horrific terror attack in Jerusalem, the crowd joined together in a soul-stirring rendition of the Chabad Niggun Tzoma Lecho Nafshi.
Paris City Hall Honors Israeli Terror Victims
Paris City Hall, usually not a place friendly to Israel, lit up with an Israeli flag in commemoration of the four IDF soldiers who were murdered by a terrorist truck driver.
Baby Boy!
Eli and Batsheva (nee Perlow) Kaminetzky (Taos, NM)
New Engagement!
Dovid Posner (Rancho Mirage, CA) and Chayah Mushka Raitport (Caracas, Venezuela)
Family and friends mourn at the funeral of 22-year-old Lt. Shir Hajaj (inset).
Jerusalem Terror Victim Was Volunteer for Colel Chabad
To an outsider, the claims of Israeli society as a tight-knit family might sound like a cliché, but when it comes to times of tragedy, this reality takes on even greater truth. For the Colel Chabad family, the terror attack in Jerusalem on Sunday directly struck its extended community. Among the four young victims—all of them soldiers in the early months of their training—was a dedicated Chesed Menachem Mendel tutor, Shir Hajaj, only 22 years old.
Chabad of Vail Overcomes Ban on Houses of Worship
Since its founding in the late 1960s, the Village in Vail, Colorado has had one Interfaith Chapel for use by congregations of many faiths. Now, for the first time in Village history, an exclusively Jewish sanctuary is opening up in town. Chabad Jewish Center has just purchased a building to be used as its permanent home, overturning a longstanding amendment in the process.
France Remembers Supermarket Attack Victims
Last night (Monday), a memorial ceremony was held for the victims of the Hyper Cacher terror attack, marking two years since shoppers at a popular kosher supermarket in Paris were killed and held hostage by a Jihadi gunman.
New Engagement!
Yitzy Chriqui (Montreal, Canada) and Chani Blasberg (Crown Heights)
Kinus Hashluchos Keynote Speaker Announced
The Kinus Vaad is pleased to announce that Mrs. Esther Wilhelm of Zhitomir, Ukraine, has been selected to deliver the keynote address at the upcoming Kinus Hashluchos Gala Banquet 5777 (2017).
Video: How to Live a Great Life Despite Obstacles
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Vayechi. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: How can one live a great life despite all obstacles?
NYC Subways Now Have Wi-Fi and Cellular Service
Cellphone and Wi-Fi coverage is now being provided for commuters at each of New York City’s many underground subway stations, one year ahead of schedule.
Picture of the Day: Berlin Shows Solidarity
Rabbi Yehuda Teichtal, rabbi of the Jewish community in Berlin and the local Chabad Shliach, stands in front of the iconic Brandenburg Gate last night as the Israeli flag was projected onto it, expressing solidarity with the people of Israel after the terror attack they experienced yesterday in Jerusalem.
Alternate Side Parking Rules Suspended Tuesday
Alternate Side Parking (street cleaning) regulations will be suspended Tuesday, January 10, due to snow operations. All other regulations, including parking meters, remain in effect.
Zalmy Mochkin, proprietor of the Dean Street Cafe, makes and espresso for a friend at his new cafe at 87 Utica Ave. in Crown Heights. Photo: DNAinfo/Rachel Holliday Smith.
Roasted Coffee Served Up at New Crown Heights Cafe
Until recently, Zalmy Mochkin had no specific experience as a coffee roaster. But for years he’s been tasting great coffee anywhere he can find it, from San Francisco (where he visited the original Blue Bottle Coffee with his brother) to the Australian outback, where he swears he found a perfect cup while road-tripping to Perth.
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